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The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has given SLN the following response to yesterday's report from the Law Society of Scotland calling for an "urgent overhaul" of the current legal aid system. Today’s Times article on the Law Society of Scotland’s report on the financial health of firms doing

Environmentalists organising a vegetarian festival to mark Earth Day on April 23 in the German town of Kassel have been told by their local council that they must include stalls selling popular meaty sausages including the local cured delicacy ahle wurst. At a meeting on Monday, councillors backed a

The family of a Turkish businessman who was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK have successfully challenged a decision by the Home Secretary to refuse their applications to stay in the country. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the Secretary of State for the Home Department was wr

David Ridley David Ridley looks at what the Scotland Act means for the oil and gas sector.

Alan Kelly MacRoberts took home the top prize last night at the Scottish Business Insider’s SME awards ceremony. The awards are given to companies in Insider's SME300 listing, with an additional honour for the number one firm from Insider's Spring 100 rankings.

Ruth Davidson A member's bill on whole-life sentences will be brought before MSPs following an exchange at Holyrood this week.

Lord Carloway The Times has today picked up SLN’s Annual Review interview with the Lord President, Lord Carloway: Scots legal system is centuries out of date, its highest judge complains.

Lord Gill Lord Gill, former Lord President of the Court of Session, heard his final appeal as a member of the UK Supreme Court’s supplementary panel this week.

Andy Wightman A £750,000 defamation claim against Green MSP Andy Wightman has been condemned by freedom of speech campaigners.

Kellyanne Conway The senior White House official and qualified lawyer who coined the term "alternative facts" is facing a misconduct complaint filed at the D.C. Bar by a group of American law professors.

The UK's highest court is taking on judicial assistants (JAs) and encourages applications from all of the UK's legal jurisdictions. JAs have a varied workload, from deciding if cases should be admitted to the court to discussing them with justices and writing press summaries.

A call for evidence from all interested individuals and organisations has been issued on the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill. Provision for third party rights is currently made in common law. Scots law currently allows parties to a contract to create an enforceable right in favour of a

Lord Neuberger President of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger has lauded the “accelerating endeavours to achieve greater diversity in the senior judiciary”, which, he said, is a result of greater diversity in the lower courts.

A worker who was seeking damages from his ex-employers after being injured in an accident at work is now suing his former solicitors for loss caused to him over their failure to raise an action in time. Christopher Brits raised an action against Kilcoyne and Co after they missed the three-year time

A man has accused his dog of shooting his sleeping girlfriend. Brian Murphy told police that he brought his dog Diesel into his bedroom after a long walk before leaving the room.